Rose Gerard Pacino: Who is Al Pacino’s mother?

Rose Gerard Pacino was the mother of iconic actor Al Pacino. Rose Gerard Pacino’s son is an Oscar-winning, Emmy-winning, and Tony-winning master who is widely considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. He is known for films including The Godfather, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon,  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), House of Gucci (2021), and …And Justice for All. What happened to Al Pacino’s mother? How did she die?

Rose Gerard Pacino: Bio Summary

Who is Al Pacino’s mother Rose?

Rose Gerard Pacino was born on 3 May 1918 in Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA to her parents  Kate Gelardi and James Gelardi. She is of Sicilian descent. Unfortunately, Al Pacino’s father passed away at the age of 43. Her parents Kate Gelardi and James Gelardi were Sicilian Italian immigrants from Corleone.

Rose Gerard Pacino was older than her husband Sal Pacino

Rose Gerard and Sal Pacino meet when she was 20 and he was 15 and the two fell in love according to his Findagrave. They got married when Sal was 17 and she was 22 years old. They exchanged their vows in a beautiful ceremony in the presence of their friends, families, and loved ones. A year after they tied the knot, the couple had their son Al.

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Things didn’t go as planned for the couples. After the north of their son, the couple started having trouble and eventually ended up separating. The lovers ended their marriage when their son was just two years old. Al Pacino his mother then moved to the South Bronx to live with her parents, Kate and James Gerardi.

The divorce split father and son for years

Rose Gerard Pacino and her husband Sal’s divorce split the father and son for years. While Rose was trying to raise her son as a single mother, Sal who left New York for the military when Al was 3 tried to stay in touch and visited occasionally, but for a long time the father and son were not that close. As time went on though, they were.

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Rose Gerard Pacino also surrounded her son with unfailing love and support. She liked movies, according to her famous son, and would take him to see them night after night. Al had ambitions to become a baseball player but was also nicknamed “The Actor”.

Young Al dropped out of most of his classes except for English. He subsequently attended the High School of Performing Arts, after gaining admission by audition. Al’s mother disagreed with his decision and, after an argument, he left home and financed his acting studies by doing low-paying jobs. In this period, he was often unemployed and homeless, and sometimes slept on the street, in theaters, or at friends’ houses.

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Al Pacino’s mother Rose Gerard Pacino died at 43

The Godfather actor’s mother passed away at the age of 43 before she could witness her son’s career blow up and become one of the greatest. Though she was not getting along with her son at the time of her death a mother’s place in her son’s heart which could never be replaced. Al was affected by her absence in his life and described the loss of both her and his grandfather as the lowest point in his life.

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 “I was 22 and the two most influential people in my life had gone, so that sent me into a tailspin.“-  The Irishman actor said about the point in his life. His grandfather died the year after his mother died. Following the passing of his mother Rose Gerard Pacino, Al resolved to find his father and reunite with him.

It was during his time in California filming The Godfather. He described his experience of reuniting with his father Sal Pacino after many years apart as a “sense of family”. According to the actor, his father saw him as his son rather than Al Pacino, the movie star per sources.